After weeks of binge watching The Great British Bake Show, I decided it was finally time to bust out my mixer. Baking has always been a hobby of mine, but in recent years it’s taken a backseat. It made sense that I would start from the basics: a vanilla layer cake. Because there are just two of us, I knew… Read More

A while ago I was chatting with my sister about my diet and how I knew I needed to eat more vegetables and she suggested green smoothies. I told her that I’d made smoothies before, but I could never get the texture (and amount!) quite right. And you know how they say big sisters always know best? Well, they do. She… Read More

This week, I’ve felt a little off. Motivation is lacking, it’s been cloudy, and overall I’m just a little blue. I love homemade food on those days, and Tuesday I threw together a slow cooker soup that really turned my day around. I opened my pantry, too a look around, and sighed. I didn’t have any meat thawed. I had… Read More

I guess you can just call me the bread lady. Over the past few weeks I’ve posted about cornbread, pancakes, dinner rolls… and now cinnamon rolls. I’m totally not the least bit sorry, though. I’ve really always liked to cook. My mom and I cooked together when I was a kid. Now that I have my own home, the kitchen is… Read More

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #OrganizeWithBrilliance #CollectiveBias We’re slowly breaking in our new house. It’s so hard to believe that this is our house! Little by little the firsts keep rolling in: our first home project, our first repair, and our first guest! All of these “firsts” are so… Read More